A much-loved Didcot greengrocer has died at the age of 89.

Joseph Moxon, known locally as 'Joe', passed away at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, after many years of failing health.

He leaves his wife, Ruby, 89, who cared for him, and three children, Ann, David, and Judith. His funeral was held at Didcot Methodist Church on November 2, the same church where he married his wife 68 years ago.

Mr Moxon owned JC Moxon's Grocer and Greengrocer in Lower Broadway, Didcot, and later a fish shop next door, until he retired in 1988. He also owned a nursery in Park Road.

His daughter, Ann Sawyer, said: "I am very proud of him as a dad, and proud of his achievements in the family business, because he worked so hard and he was liked and known by so many people.

"He always used to read The Grower magazine and he loved the countryside and growing things.

"He was one of the old-school shopkeepers who always showed interest in his customers, and he would always help them with their deliveries."

Mr Moxon served as a Colour Sergeant in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, based in Kent and Rhyl in Wales.

A Worshipful Master at Wallingford's Masonic Lodge during the 1960s, he became a Didcot parish councillor in 1948 and also the first chairman of the Didcot Conservative Club.